Apprentice turner in the employment of Messrs. Douglas Fraser & SonsHe was a well-known footballer and played in the Arbroath Fairfield Club , and was a member of the team which won the Arbroath and District Cup , the Newgate Cup , and were Melvin League Champions in 1911-12.

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July 1909

September 1914

31 october 1914

Was a member of the Territorial Force as a Private in the 3rd Bn. Black watch He was mobilised four days after the outbreak of warTransferred to the 1st Bn. and proceeded to FranceHe took part in the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne and came through scathless the historic stand made by the Black Watch in the latter engagementKilled in action